LG G Flex with curved display spotted online for a mindboggling Rs 69,990

LG’s smartphone with a curved display, the G Flex has been spotted online at an Indian retailer for a whopping Rs 69,990. The smartphone is currently listed on Snapdeal.com and according to the website the smartphone will be shipped in 15 business days.   We had reported earlier that LG had set February as the date for the India release of the smartphone. LG India’s Marketing Head Amit Gujral had told reporters that the price range would be somewhere around Rs 60,000 to Rs 65,000, but the current listing puts it at just 10 bucks short of Rs 70,000.   As far as the specs are concerned, the LG G Flex weighs 177 grams and sports a 6-inch 720p Plastic OLED (POLED) display. The design is vertical oriented as the phone is curved on the horizontal axis.   The phone has a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor (MSM8974) clocked at 2.26 GHz and coupled with 2GB of RAM. It supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and USB 3.0 and also comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera and 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. The G Flex runs the older Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 version, with LG’s customisations on top.   One of the highlights of the device is the “self healing” protective film for the back panel. LG claims that the phone can heal itself against minor scratches and bumps. It is claimed that the special protective film on the back cover will ensure that the hairline scratches disappear within minutes.   Besides the new “healing” feature, LG has also added a host of features to take advantage of the curved screen. A feature called QTheater lets users quickly access photos, videos and YouTube directly from the lockscreen just by dragging outwards along the curved surface with both fingers. It creates a theatre curtain effect before introducing the content.   The phone also comes with a “dual window” mode which allows users to multitask better and also a “swing-lock screen” that keeps changing the device’s wallpaper depending on how the phone is held in your hands.   But the biggest buzz around this unique curved smartphone will be the price, which currently is quite astronomical, given that you can get the full-HD LG G2, perhaps the best LG phone yet, for half the price.